Rounding-jack for hat-brims



(No Model.)

M. HILD.

ROUNDING JACK FOR HAT BRIMS.

Patented Aug. 16, 1887.

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ROUNDING JACK FOR HAT BRIMS.

N0. 368,397. Patented Aug. 16, 1887.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MICHAEL HILD, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

ROUND|NG=JACK FOR HAT-BRIMS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 368,397, dated August16, 1887.

Application filed December 3, 1886. Serial No. 220,576. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MIoHAEL HILD, of Philadelphia, in the county ofPhiladelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and ImprovedRoundi11g-Jaeks for Hat-Brims, of which the following is a full, clear,and exact description.

Referenceis to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a plan view of my new roundingjack. Fig. 2 is a longitudinalsectional elevation of the same, taken on the liner :0 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3is a transverse sectional elevation taken on the line 3 yof Fig. 1. Fig.4 is an end elevation of the guard -plate removed. Fig. 5 is a detailedview of the frame, showing the slot for receiving the tongues of theguard; and Fig. (3 is a plan view showing the curved breast providedwith an adjustable guard.

The invention will first be described in connection with the drawings,and then pointed outin the claims.

A represents a frame of metal or other suitable material, formed orprovided with the curved breast B, and formed with the centrallongitudinal passage or way, 0, for the knifestock D. If theframe A bemade of metal, it will be provided with a wooden backing, E, formed witha passage, F, to correspond with the way Gin the frame A, and thepassage F will be made somewhat wider than the passage 0, to expose theedges 0 of the frame A, which are embraced by theknife-stoek D and formguides therefor. The knife-stock D is formed with the side grooves, d,to receive the edges 0 of the frame A, and with the vertical opening 6to receive the knife G, and it is also formed with the screw-threadedopening f, to receive the rod H, which acts as a set-screw to the knifeG, and also as an adj usting-rod for moving the knife-stock in thegroove 0, to set the knife for any desired width of brim. The rod Hslides freely in an opening, 1, formed in the frame A, and a set-screw,J, is fitted in the frame A, to impinge upon the rod H, so that when theknife-stock is moved by the rod to the proper position it may be securedby turning down the set-screw. The upper surface of the frame A isgraduated, as shown at c, to facilitate the accurate setting of the knifestock, and in order to remove the knife-stock from the frame A, Iform clearances c" in the edges 0, as shown clearly in Fig. 1.

G represents the guard-plate for supporting the brim to be cut by theknife G, and it may be detached from the frame A, so that it may be usedor not, as desired, and I prefer to at tach it to the frame A by meansof the tongue h, through which the rod H passes. At either side ofthetongue h are formed the side tongues, h, which enter a slot, j, made inthe frame A, (shown in Fig. 5.) so that said tongues prevent the guardfrom lateral movement.

In Fig. 6 I have shown the curved breast B provided with aflexibleguard, M, the ends of which may be adjusted by the screws N, threadedinto the guard to form a curve of greater or less radius, according tothe size of the hat-crown. The guard is formed with the central lip, m,secured to the center of the breast B by a screw, m. At or near its endsthe guard is formed with the plates N, through the lips or flanges a ofwhich the screws N pass, so that the guard is held in place at its endsby the screws.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A rounding-jack having the breast B and formed with a passage, 0, incombination with the knifestoek D, adjustably held in said pas sage,substantially as described.

2. In a rounding-jack, the knife-stock D, held by the flanges c, incombination with a rod attached to the stock for adjusting it,substantially as described.

3. In a rounding-jack, the rod H, held loosely in the main frame andscrewed into the knife-stock for securing the knife, substantially asdescribed.

4. In a rounding-jack, the main frame provided with a slidingknife-stock and sliding adjustingrod attached to the knife-stock, incombination with a set-screw for locking the adjusting-rod,substantially as described.

5. The guard K, formed with a tongue, in combination with the mainframe, the knifestook, and the rod H, substantially as described.

6. The frame A, formed with the slotj and the rod H, in combination withthe guard K, and plates N, having flanges n, in combination havingtongues 71 h, substantially as described. with the breast B and the adjlisting-screws N,

7 The guard M, provided with the lip m, substantially as described. incombination with the adjusting-screws N, 7 MICHAEL HILD. 5 passedthrough the breast B, substantially as Witnesses:

described. H. A. WEsT,

8. The guard M, formed with the flange m, G. SEDGWIGK.

